Job Growth Surges in Right to Work Indiana
According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, this was “the largest one-month increase in the Hoosier State on record.” The state’s November 2013 employment gains were substantial
Unionization Elections Unlike Public Elections
Big Labor Victories Curtail Dissenting Employees’ Free Speech (click to download newsletter) In November 2012, roughly 63 million Americans nationwide voted against the winning candidate for U.S.
Act 10 Has Been a Boon For the Badger State, But Much More Needs to Be Done in Order to 'Save' Wisconsin
Tim Stanley is a British historian and pundit who writes mostly about the U.S. In a recent commentary for The Daily Telegraph in London, Stanley calls attention to the success of Wisconsin’s Act 1o, a nearly three-year-old budget reform package…
One Megalomaniacal Dane County Judge Can't Restore Wisconsin Teacher Union Bosses' Forced-Unionism Privileges Statewide
For two-and-a-half years, union bosses in Wisconsin and their cohorts across the nation have tried again and again to get a federal or state court to overturn Act 10, a wide-ranging Badger State budget reform that includes provisions protecting most…
Big Labor Activist Judge's Latest Ruling 'Opens a Pandora's Box of Legal Issues and Litigation'
In early 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature adopted and Gov. Scott Walker signed into law Act 10, a wide-ranging budget reform measure that included provisions protecting most state and local public-sector employees from being fired for refusal to pay union dues…
Stripped of Their Monopoly Privileges, Government Union Chiefs in Wisconsin See Their Empire Shrink
What happens to government union bosses when they lose most of their monopoly privileges? The Badger State is now offering Americans across the country an opportunity to find out. A little over two years ago, Wisconsin legislators approved Act 10,…
Billions and Counting
The Wall Street Journal reports that big labor “spends about four times as much on politics and lobbying as generally thought.” Generally thought? …
A Tipping Point in Wisconsin -- Other Taxpayers Could Win Too
From Reason: The latest Reason-Rupe poll of 708 Wisconsin adults on landline and cell phones suggests Wisconsin voters favor reforming public employee unions, over raising taxes and…
Losing Ground in Wisconsin
Some news reports suggest that Big Labor has dumped upwards of $60 million in forced union dues into the Wisconsin recall effort but their efforts have hit a stone wall. Headlines like “…